These pictures are obviously from earlier in the summer... seeing as our tomato plant is now practically as big as Toby's truck! And that's Toby with our scarecrow... yes, she's wearing a thong!
As for the garden's progress... I'm sad to say our sweet corn didn't turn out... it produced, but worms got to it. The sweet peas didn't really work well either. We did get a lot of lettuce, but only for a little while.
We could open a stand with all the damn cucumbers and cherry tomatoes we have... and keep getting!!! It's crazy! We did make pickles, which I love... and plan to make salsa with the rest of the tomatoes. We grew lots of different herbs, but didn't really use them. The banana peppers and jalapenos are my favorites. And we're starting to get green peppers, which I'm very exctied about -- I could eat those things whole! And we're getting 100s of chili peppers, which will be wonderful! We buy so much for seasoning... it'll be nice to use home grown.
And, I'm happy to say the brocolli are finally coming in! I'm not a green-thumb by any means, but Toby knows a thing or two. We planted 6 or 8 broc, and Toby was aboslutely miffed that they weren't producing... they were growing and growing... but no "little trees" were showing. Totally confused, he mentioned it to Tricia, who explained they don't produce until the fall... duh, Toby! Good thing she mentioned that... he was about to give up on the broc, but now it's coming in! I'm EXTREMELY excited to eat our first garden broc!
I love having our own garden, even though I have to be forced to water it. It's not as fun as watering PVT and KT's allotment! :-) This year was definitely a learning experience... for example, we'll only plant one cucumber plant next year... NOT SIX!!! Same with the tomato... unless I plan to start canning. I can only eat so many tomatoes in a day!!! I think we'll also do spring onion, carrots, and maybe brussel sprouts. Three of my faves!
I'd like to thank everyone that had a hand in creating Simpson Garden. We love you all and think of you often. We couldn't have done it without you. As a matter of fact, I think I'll send you all a dozen cucumbers as a sign of our gratitude!!!
A man and his tree stand. Can you believe that a man DEATHLY afraid of heights, so much that I have the clean the gutters, chooses deer hunting as a sport? Crazy boy. You can't see it in the last picture, but the seat actually has a bar that comes up over his head and rests in front of him... kind of like an amusement park ride. You'll also notice he has a lot of butt room... that's because it's a two-man stand! He originally bought a one-man and the seat was way too small for him... he was scared enough being so high up, he wanted to make sure he didn't fall out! :-)
